One fully paid Doctoral Research Fellowship (3
years) within formal semantics and/or syntax is
available in the Department of Literature, Area
Studies and European Languages (ILOS) at the
University of Oslo (UiO). ILOS seeks to recruit
PhD candidates with excellent research
qualifications who will work with the research
group SynSem.

The doctoral research fellowship is open to
topics in formal semantics, theoretical syntax
or the syntax-semantics interface. Only
projects that involve modern European languages
(Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages) being
taught at ILOS will come into consideration.
The project may be anchored within one
language, but theoretical contrastive studies
of several languages may also come into
consideration.

The successful candidate must participate in
the research training program organized by the
Faculty of Humanities (cf. regulations and
supplementary provisions for the faculty’s
researcher education) and must engage in the
designated research activities on a full-time
basis. The purpose of the PhD Research
Fellowship is research training leading to the
successful completion of a doctoral
dissertation (monograph or article-based) to be
defended at a public defense for the doctoral
degree. The person appointed will be affiliated
with the Faculty's organized research training.
The academic work must result in a doctoral
thesis that will be defended at the Faculty
with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. The
successful candidate is expected to join the
existing research milieu or network and
contribute to its developement. Read more about
the doctoral degree.

The appointment is for a duration of three
years without teaching duties.

Qualifications
A Master's degree or equivalent in Linguistics,
European Languages or in a discipline related
to SynSem's research profile. The Master's
Degree has to have been achieved by the time of
application.

Qualifications and personal skills
In assessing the applications, special emphasis
will be placed on:
- the applicant's academic and personal
qualifications in order to execute the
project
- the applicant's ability to complete research
training
- good collaboration skills
- the project's scientific merit,
research-related relevance and innovation

Applicants who have recently graduated with
excellent results may also be given
preference.

Submissions
Applicants must submit the following
attachments with the electronic application,
preferably in pdf format:
- letter of application
- Curriculum Vitae
- list of publications
- transcript of records of your master's
degree. Foreign applicants are advised to
attach an explanation of their university's
grading system
- project description, including a detailed
progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages,
see Template for project descriptions)

Our electronic recruitment system will ask you
to upload the attachments in the above
mentioned order. Transcript of records should
be uploaded as 'Attachment' under 'Other'.
Please note that all documents must be in
English or a Scandinavian language.

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